Belgium

Belgians sniff, ingest, or inject between seven and eleven times more ketamine than in 2012

Over the course of a decade, researchers observed up to eleven times more residues of ketamine.

Hind Rajab Foundation files complaint against Gideon Sa'ar to ICC before Brussels visit

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar is scheduled to visit Brussels in a few days as part of his diplomatic work.

Belgium has a new government. What does it mean for the Jewish community and Israel?

Jews in Belgium look forward to the change as they are united in their concern for Israel's security and hostages' fate.

By HENRI BENKOSKI
14/02/2025

Amichai Chikli cancels plans to Belgium over legal, security threats

The decision came from fears that pro-Palestinian organizations might file a legal motion for his arrest upon arrival in Belgium.

Belgium's railway should apologize but not pay for sending Jews to Nazi death camps - gov. report

A member of the commission, who is a child of Holocaust survivors, said the report "does not honor the memory of thousands of Jews.”

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
22/01/2025
World Jewish Restitution Organization Chair of Operations Gideon Taylor

Belgium’s railway Holocaust report criticized for failing survivors

In a statement, WJRO President Gideon Taylor and COO Mark Weitzman called the omission a failure to address SNCB’s moral responsibility.

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
21/01/2025

Belgian film festival nixes Palestinian trans documentary over anti-Israel threats

The Cinemamed Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival announced last Wednesday that it would not be screening Yolande Zauberman's The Belle from Gaza.

Belgian state held accountable for colonial-era abduction of mixed-race children

The ruling overturned a 2021 one that had determined that the case was time-barred.

By REUTERS
02/12/2024

Israel National Team defeats Belgium 1-0, in first win of the campaign

Shua’s late strike lifts Ben Shimon & Co. to landmark Nations League conquest of Belgium

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN
18/11/2024

Antwerp police arrest five, as fears of a 'Jew hunt' rise

After the Amsterdam pogrom, calls began to appear on social media for local youth to organize a jodenjacht (Jew hunt); five youths were administratively arrested and then released.

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